History Births on February 07

Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (d. 1975)

#Vladimir_Kuts

Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (d. 1683)

#Thomas_Killigrew

Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989)

#Arnold_Nordmeyer

Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player

#Steve_Nash

Carney Lansford, American baseball player and coach

#Carney_Lansford

James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)

#James_Murray_(lexicographer)

Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1826)

#Benedikt_Schack

Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player

#Mickaël_Piétrus

Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999)

#Hélder_Câmara

Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter

#Ashok_Banker

Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (d. 1933)

#Arthur_Collins_(singer)

Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (d. 2010)

#Amedeo_Guillet

Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter

#Anita_Tsoy

Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th President of Singapore

#Tony_Tan

Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress

#Juliette_Gréco

Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player

#Steven_Stamkos

Robyn Lively, American actress

#Robyn_Lively

Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress

#Maimi_Yajima

Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#Alfred_Worden

Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur

#Ashton_Kutcher

Kristin Otto, German swimmer

#Kristin_Otto

Christian Klien, Austrian race car driver

#Christian_Klien

Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director (d. 2017)

#Miguel_Ferrer

Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress

#Ai_Kago

Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater

#Ksenia_Stolbova

Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)

#Buster_Crabbe

Nick Calathes, Greek basketball player

#Nick_Calathes

Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1927)

#Wilhelm_Stenhammar

Anita Stewart, American actress (d. 1961)

#Anita_Stewart

Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician

#Terry_Marsh_(boxer)

Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist

#Elia_Viviani

Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009)

#Gérard_Jean-Juste

Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer

#Federico_Marchetti

Frank Hyde, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007)

#Frank_Hyde

Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard, French physician (d. 1825)

#Antoine-Athanase_Royer-Collard

Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (d. 2002)

#Eddie_Bracken

G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (d. 1947)

#G._H._Hardy

Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player

#Endy_Chávez

Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player

#Roberto_Osuna

David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter

#David_Bryan

Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician

#Matt_Ridley

Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (d. 1908)

#Karl_Möbius

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (d. 1766)

#Margaret_Fownes-Luttrell

John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company (d. 1886)

#John_Deere_(inventor)

Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)

#Pete_Postlethwaite

Teoctist Ar?pa?u, Romanian patriarch (d. 2007)

#Teoctist_Ar?pa?u

Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian football player

#Daniel_Van_Buyten

Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (d. 1825)

#Henry_Fuseli

Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer

#Eddie_Izzard

David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player

#David_Aebischer

Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (d. 1870)

#Charles_Dickens

Karen Joy Fowler, American author

#Karen_Joy_Fowler

Riley Barber, American ice hockey player

#Riley_Barber

Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2015)

#Jimmy_Greenspoon

James Spader, American actor and producer

#James_Spader

Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager

#Giuseppe_Baresi

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut

#Heidemarie_Stefanyshyn-Piper

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)

#Laura_Ingalls_Wilder

King Curtis, American saxophonist and producer (d. 1971)

#King_Curtis

Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (d. 1940)

#Paul_Nizan

Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

#Ulf_von_Euler

Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (d. 1937)

#Alfred_Adler

Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer

#Lee_Ok-sung

Trey Hardee, American decathlete

#Trey_Hardee

Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer

#Dieter_Bohlen

Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1535)

#Thomas_More

Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2003)

#Earl_King

Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (d. 1983)

#Eubie_Blake

Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic

#Eric_Foner

Tina Majorino, American actress

#Tina_Majorino

Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Tawakkol_Karman

Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician

#Herb_Kohl

K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Finance (d. 2015)

#K._N._Choksy

Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

#Mick_McCarthy

Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician

#Jacques_Duchesneau

Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer

#Gianluca_Lapadula

Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (d. 2012)

#Hans_Schmidt_(wrestler)

Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player

#Juan_Pizarro_(baseball)

Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster

#Mark_Tewksbury

Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Robert_Smigel

Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager

#Peter_Bondra

Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler

#Dalilah_Muhammad

Joe English, American drummer and songwriter

#Joe_English_(musician)

Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Malta

#Eddie_Fenech_Adami

Kevin Crossley-Holland, English author and poet

#Kevin_Crossley-Holland

Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (d. 1998)

#Dan_Quisenberry

Chris Mears, English diver

#Chris_Mears_(diver)

Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Chris_Rock

Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1874)

#Thomas_Gregson

Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1998)

#Athol_Rowan

Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)

#Héctor_Babenco

Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Wes_Borland

Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer

#Nicolò_Barella

Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach

#Daniel_Bierofka

Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player

#Isaiah_Thomas_(basketball)

Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (d. 1989)

#Jock_Mahoney

Puyi, Chinese emperor (d. 1967)

#Puyi

Pierre Gasly, French racing driver

#Pierre_Gasly

Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)

#Ossip_Gabrilowitsch

Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sully_Erna

Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (d. 1895)

#Alfred-Philibert_Aldrophe

Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)

#Desmond_Doss

Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician

#Jas_Gawronski

Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2009)

#Konstantin_Feoktistov

Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (d. 1934)

#Nicanor_Abelardo

Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach

#Juwan_Howard

Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Garth_Brooks

Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (d. 1981)

#Russell_Drysdale

João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)

#João_de_Castro

Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1694)

#Vittoria_della_Rovere

Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)

#Hugo_Sperrle

Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist

#Gay_Talese

Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)

#Sinclair_Lewis

Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor

#Rémi_Gaillard

Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (d. 2014)

#Lincoln_D._Faurer

Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer

#Sergi_Roberto

Danny Goffey, English singer-songwriter and drummer

#Danny_Goffey

Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)

#Anna_of_Russia

Prince Sh?toku of Japan (d. 622)

#Prince_Sh?toku

Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player

Albin Hodža, French footballer

Sho Kamogawa, Japanese footballer

Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor

Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian footballer

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer

Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter

Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player

Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (d. 2010)

J Dilla, American rapper and producer (d. 2006)

Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician

Mark St. John, American guitarist (d. 2007)

John Nielsen, Danish racing driver

Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host

Sammy Johns, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist

Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)

Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States

Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (d. 2015)

Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (d. 1988)

Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (d. 2014)

Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)

An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (d. 1990)

Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2016)

Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (d. 2000)

Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov, Russian engineer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984)

Ernest E. Debs, American politician, California State Assembly member, Los Angeles city councilman, and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (d. 2002)

Dock Boggs, American folk singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1971)

Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988)

Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist (d. 1976)

Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)

Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (d. 1892)

Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (d. 1781)

Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)

Empress Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the English throne (probable; d. 1167)